The TWAS 2014 Prizes will be awarded to in recognition of an outstanding contribution to knowledge in the following eight fields of science: Agricultural Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics.
Candidates must meet at least one of the following qualifications:
- Scientific research achievement of outstanding significance for the development of scientific thought.
- Outstanding contribution to the application of Science and Technology to industry or to human well-being in a developing country.
Candidates for the TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences must have made an outstanding contribution in both understanding and addressing social sciences disciplines such as economics, political sciences and sociology. In either case candidates must be individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least ten years immediately prior to their nomination.
Further details on eligibility criteria and submission procedure are available online at: